DAR allocates P17.8-M for farm-to-market roads for Ilocos Norte’s 2 municipalities, 1 city

By Leilanie G. Adriano

Staff Reporter

The Department of Agrarian Reform is set to release another funding for the construction of farm-to-market roads in Laoag City and two more municipalities here this year, agrarian reform officer Rommel Aquino said.

The funding, totaling more than P17.8 million, have been allotted for Laoag City, and the municipalities of Badoc and Dingras—both in the second district of Ilocos Norte.

As of press time, Aquino said the budget is ready as per advice of the Department of Budget and Management.

“We are just waiting for the official signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) to be entered into by the concerned mayors and representatives from the Department of Interior and Local Government and the regional director of DAR,” Aquino said.

Of the total P17,812,750 budget for farm-to-market roads to be implemented in Ilocos Norte this year, P7,572,750 will be used for the improvement of farm-to-market roads at Brgys. Turod, Gabut Santa Cruz Norte and Sur in Badoc town.

In Dingras, about P6 million has also been allotted for the concreting of farm-to-market roads covering the remote barangays of Barong, San Marcelino and Elizabeth, which are often hit by typhoons and other natural calamities.

Laoag City’s rural Barangays Lataag, Balacad and Lagui-Sail have also been given an allotment for the construction of farm-to-market roads worth P4, 240,000.

“The budgeting is done and we are ready to implement this year,” Aquino said citing Laoag City and the two municipalities in Ilocos Norte may have been the first to apply for the said program this year, meant to uplift the living conditions of farmers here.

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